Quality Technician

Why work for Lafarge?:
As the global leader in innovative and sustainable building materials, we’re committed to shaping a
**greener**,
**smarter** and
**healthier** world. At Lafarge Canada Inc.,
**safety** comes first,
**collaboration** matters and
**diversity** is celebrated with people who share our desire to continually
**make our materials better.**

Do you have the drive, the skills, and the passion to join us?

Overview:
Lafarge, Canada’s leading supplier of construction materials has an opportunity for a Quality Technician at our Meldrum Bay Quarry

**Responsibilities**:
**Safety**:

- Implementation of Lafarge Safety Policies, and Compliance with Government Legislation.
- Safety Induction of Visitors to Quality Lab or site as required.
- Execution of Job Hazard Analyses for QC Tasks, and implementation of Action Items.
- Execution and implementation of Lab/QC Safety Improvement Plans.

**Aggregate Product Performance**:

- Implement programs and processes to ensure compliance of all products with relevant Codes, Standards, and Specifications.
- Implement Lafarge Quality Program, including sampling, testing, reporting and follow up for all products as determined for each site of responsibility.
- Record, Monitor and communicate Aggregate KPI performance with key stakeholders as required - investigate variances from Plan and establish corrective actions as required.
- Participate in or lead the development and implementation of site specific actions to reduce and/or utilize long products, including innovating new combination materials.
- Provide input to ensure alignment between Sales and Operational staff to ensure product performance meets customer expectations

**Physical Attributes**:

- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, grasp, handle, or feel.
- The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; climb stairs & ladders; reach with hands and arms; talk, hear and smell.
- Infrequently the employee is required to work in awkward situations; balance; stoop, kneel or crouch.
- The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to 50+ pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
- Employee must perform work outdoors in all weather conditions, and will work around moving mechanical parts and equipment.
- Various PPE will include safety boots, reflective clothing, safety glasses, gloves and hard hat.
- Additional PPE may be required depending upon tasks.

**Relationship with Others**:

- Reports to the area Quality Control Supervisor.
- Works closely with Production Staff, Distribution Staff, and Sales Territory Manager

**Specific Accountabilities**:

- Safety
- Product Performance
- Customer Service/Support
- Product Quality Control and Performance
- Troubleshooting
- Cost Management
- Quality Policies and Training

**Dimensions**:
Qualifications:
**Education & Work Experience**:

- Post-secondary education in Civil engineering or equivalent an asset
- Ontario high school diploma (OSSD) or equivalent is preferred.

**Knowledge & Skills**:

- Should have excellent written and oral communication skills and capable of creating good relationships internally and externally with our customers.
- Must also be able to work well as part of a team and independently.
- Good computer skills for Windows based software.
- Driver License, minimum G2.

**Work Environment**:

- Must be able to work in outdoor and indoor work environments in all weather.
- Flexible hours will be required which will include overtime and weekend work.
- Able to perform a variety of tasks, including moderate to heavy lifting, bending, reaching, carrying.
- This role will require the handling of aggregates lab equipment.

**Lominger Competency Profile**:

- Customer Focus
- Managing Conflict
- Problem Solving
- Time Management
- Interpersonal Savvy

LafargeHolcim:
As we are reinventing the way the world builds, we need world-class talent to join our Lafarge Canada team: people who are
**passionate**, driven by
**curiosity** and keen to
**grow**,
**learn, develop** and
**thrive** in our high-performance culture.

Whatever you do, you will make a difference here. Because we know that your passion and curiosity are the natural resources the world needs.